PETERS v. WEST

No. 11-1708.

692 F.3d 629 (2012)

Vincent PETERS, professionally known as Vince P, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kanye WEST, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. McGrath (argued), Attorney, Davis McGrath , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ilene S. Farkas (argued), Attorney, Pryor Cashman , New York, NY, Carrie A. Hall , Attorney, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In 2006, Vincent Peters, whose stage name is Vince P, wrote, recorded, and distributed a song entitled Stronger. The song's title comes from a key line in its "hook" (refrain or chorus). The line in turn draws from an aphorism coined by Friedrich Nietzsche: "what does not kill me, makes me stronger."

Vince P believes that he had an opportunity to "make it" in the hip-hop recording industry — he needed only to find an executive...

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